Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-08-27
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that Jack Williams, who escaped Jail
| along with Ricold and Jenkins, was
captured at Harper's Ferry sunday
/ Ricold has not been heard from.
THE Sunday School at Salem will
| hold a picnic in the Grove near the
church next Saturday, and on Sunday
the pastor J. r. Ridenour will hold an
all day meeting at the same place.
THERE will he corner stone laying
by the colored folks of Hedgesville
to- morrow. Some noted divines will
be present to officiate, Excursion trains
will run from this point.
Messrs. Flick and McIlhanny, occu-
pied the cabin at McCoy's Ferry several
days last week, fishing. We have note
for big bass, but it has not arrived
yet.
MEssRs. LEMEN & Bros. Of Shep.
herdstown, have opened coal and
wood Office in the building formerly &C.
cupied by J. w. Roberts, on North
Queen st.
Mr.. ID. G. WEsTENHAyER and wife
have commenced housekeeping in one of
the neat new buildings of Mr.. FL. n.
Deatrick, on West Martin Street. That
is the way to live Dave, success to you.
If the heart of Martinsburg were
transplanted to either Philadelphia or
Baltimore, we opine it would cease to
pulsate instanter through bewilderment
and astonishment, consequent upon
the business activities of these cities.
MR.. OLIVER SHAW, Of the Govern.
ment Printing Office at Washington,
was visiting his friends in this city the
FIRST of the week. We found Mr.. Shaw
an affable and pleasing gentleman. He
has been in the Government office for
twenty years.
The Lutheran picnic, which was to
have been held on Wednesday. was de.
ferred until the following day, on &C,
count of rain. They proceeded to the
woods for the purpose of, among other
things, removing an iceberg which
had moved there during the glacial
| epoch.
THE sociable held in the Central
Opera House Thursday night OF last
week by the ladies of the Lutheran
church was financial success. A
thriving business was done at the ice
cream tables, while the other depart
ments prospered accord ngly. The Me
chanics' Band was present during the
evening, and furnished some enjoyable
music for the occasion.
A CURIosITY.-Mr. John Burkhart,
Jr., shot Blue Crane at the Tuscai ora,
| ON Thursday last, measuring A feet, 8
| inches high and feet from tip to tipof
wings. The shot barely stunned the
huge monster. Mr.. Burkhardt present
ed it to Messrs Henshaw & Porter, and
they have it now on exhibition at their
saloon, corner Queen and Race streets.
He gulps down dozen good sized fish
at one meal.
PEOPLE In point of numbers, are as
common at Atlantic City, as the ia
nous Jersey mosquitoes. Last week
eight bathers were rescued from the
foaming surf, by Capt. Clark and his
| life saving crew. The. value set upon
each of the rescued was seventeen cents
apiece, according to the returns of the
passed around hat.
WEST VIRGINIA, judging from our
exchanges. is a conglomeration of coun-
tv Institutes. where certain brevited
| professors are wont to give vent to
their pent up therories of how to teach
spelling without the aid OF spelling
book how to write without the use of
pen how to read we'll without prac-
ticing; how to study Geography with
out the aid of map or geography, and
so on. But in teaching such new fam
gled ideas they have signalIy failed by
sign or word to enlighten their audi
tors as to how to conduct an Institute
without IA fee of twenty five or one hun
dred dollars for such instruction.
ALDEN's MANIFOLD CYCLoPEDIA.
Volume |, of this work now on our
table, abundantly fuiiils the promises
of the publishers prospectus. 1t is a
really handsome volume of $40 pages,
half Morocco binding, large type, pro-
fusely illustrated, and yet sold for the
price of 60 cents cloth binding only so
cents postage ii cents extrs. Large
discounts even from these prices are a.
lowed to early subscribers. 1t is to be
issued in about thirty volumes.